Sample J-5 - Pollocksville [New Bern Fm] (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Jones County, North Carolina (35.0° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 69.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: New Bern Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From New Bern Formation, which unconformably underlies the Trent Formation. AGE: Late Eocene, following other collections; supposedly equivalent (in part) to Castle Hayne Limestone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified carbonate

• LITHOLOGY: Not described in text.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: V. A. Zullo and G. R. Baum. 1979. Paleogene barnacles from the Coastal Plain of North Carolina (Cirripedia, Thoracica). Southeastern Geology 20(4):229-246 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159941: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquate nomenclature, but species resolution identifications.
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) kellumi Zullo and Baum 1979 barnacle